Monday, December 31, 2012

I have noticed lots of photographers posting their 12
favorite pictures for the year. Considering this is the last day of 2012
I can’t possibly figure out my 12 favorites on such last notice.
One of the other problems is that I still have unprocessed images from this
year. Perhaps next year I’ll think of this concept in time to put
something together.

The picture above was taken in Iceland this
year. This was the first time I had shot this type of composition and
exposure. I was quite excited about this level of color, texture and
simplicity.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Last year I was quite lucky to get to spend a few hours
inside of Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington D.C. While
part of Saint Elizabeth’s is a functioning institution, much of it has been
locked up for about a decade, but is not in the usual state of disrepair that I
prefer. About the time I took this shot I noticed our guide walking
away from the building entrance. Being locked in was only temporary
since some of the members of our group had found an unlocked door earlier in
the day.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

I was going through some of this year’s pictures looking for
shots that I overlooked or never got around to editing.
Earlier this year I got to spend a morning with the largest private collection of Tuckers. Considering that only 51 were ever produced,
owning 3 of these wonderful cars makes this the largest private
collection. Originally I was not sure how I wanted to process this
picture, but with the benefit of time I decided on a look that I felt was
appropriate.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

I was recently looking through some pictures from earlier in
the year and found this double layer panorama that I shot in the Smokies this
past spring. I had not posted it before because I did not
liked how the finished product was processed. So I decided to process it
again and this time was able to produce a result that I found acceptable.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

It was not my intention to take a month off from posting to
the blog, but last month was the Nature Visions Expo. Also I've had some
other issues that took up time I would normally devote to photography.

The issues that are competing for my time and attention will
likely remain for the rest of the winter, but I’m hoping to still make time to
take images and have to settle for less frequent blog posts for the next couple
months.

The shot above was taken at a farm outside of Richmond where
the owner has a couple dozen old trucks just sitting in the field. While
normally this type of shooting is nirvana to me, I just was not quite on my
game that day. The harsh overhead mid-day light did not help
either. So rather than fight thru this mental obstruction, I jumped back in
the truck and headed for lunch. Arriving back just in time to catch the
nice late afternoon light, I starting making images that suited my
desires.